OPERATORS · RRC 875442 · P-5 STATUS Y

U.S. Expl Co

Houston, TX

U.S. Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 17, 1993.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

69 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 1994.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 2 of record
2: leases it reports
—: horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

55%: spud rate · 38 of 69 mature permits
10: median days permit to spud · middle half 4–20
0: spuds, last 180 days
1%: cancelled · 1 permits
30: expired undrilled
9: permits a year over 8 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
DE Witt county →	—	16	0	Mar 8, 1991
Brazoria county →	—	10	0	Nov 21, 1988
Bee county →	—	9	0	Apr 30, 1990
Newton county →	—	9	0	Feb 17, 1993
Guadalupe county →	—	5	2	Apr 26, 1991
Duval county →	—	4	0	Feb 15, 1991
Goliad county →	—	3	0	Aug 28, 1990
Hardin county →	—	3	0	Apr 7, 1987
Tyler county →	—	3	0	Mar 30, 1988
Wharton county →	—	3	0	Jan 24, 1989
Garza county →	—	1	0	Mar 21, 1988
Kenedy county →	—	1	0	Dec 10, 1990
Stonewall county →	—	1	0	Oct 21, 1987
Terry county →	—	1	0	Mar 8, 1988

All 69 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

Formation	Wells	Permitted last 3 yrs
Frio	21	0
Wilcox	19	0
Yegua	18	0
Miocene (undifferentiated)	15	0
Travis Peak	2	0
Anahuac	1	0
Cook Mountain	1	0
Jackson	1	0
Vicksburg	1	0

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
7.48K: bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

2: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
2: plugged

How it got them

1: permitted itself
1: acquired from others
35: permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	56
Reenter	0	0	5
Recompletion	0	0	5
Field transfer	0	0	2
Other	0	0	1

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

Field	Wells	Producing
Guadalupe Bend (Austin Chalk)37254200	1	0
Wildcat2001	1	0

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Mar 4, 1994

Address: 1111 Bagby St Ste 2200; Houston, TX 77002

Officers and agents: Askanase, David J. · Trustee; Wallace, Edward G. Jr. · President/Ceo; Rainey, Josette · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
408832	Feb 17, 1993	Feb 17, 1993	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Hartburg #1	5,889	35130515
394224	Dec 5, 1991	Dec 5, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Hartburg #3	5,249	35130522
387376	May 1, 1991	May 1, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Reed, T.S. #1	7,525	35130513
387211	Apr 26, 1991	Apr 26, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Guadalupe	Wuest Inc. #2	2,900	18733358
387211	Apr 26, 1991	Apr 26, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Guadalupe	Wuest Inc. #2H	2,564	18733358
386575	Apr 9, 1991	Apr 9, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Hartburg #3	6,515	35130522
383307	Mar 8, 1991	Mar 8, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	DE Witt	Arnold, Mildred #3	9,000	12331673
385368	Mar 6, 1991	Mar 6, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Hartburg #2	6,515	35130519
385367	Mar 6, 1991	Mar 6, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Newton	Hankamer #1	6,515	35130520
385341	Mar 5, 1991	Mar 5, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Guadalupe	Seguin Ranch Partnership #1	2,500	18733354
385340	Mar 5, 1991	Mar 5, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Guadalupe	Vogel, Harvey L. #1	2,500	18733353
384716	Feb 15, 1991	Feb 15, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	Duval	Engel Estate #3	9,000	13137458
384713	Feb 15, 1991	Feb 15, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	DE Witt	Warwas, Victor #1	9,400	12331683
384530	Feb 11, 1991	Feb 11, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	DE Witt	Brandt, Gladys #3	9,400	12331681
384070	Jan 31, 1991	Jan 31, 1991	U.S. Exploration Company	DE Witt	Daniel Warwas Unit #1	9,400	12331679

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/875442, documented in the API reference.